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[Zombie]

Now, I'm insanely curious about this... As with the updates and whatnot, I would very much like to find a way to discern a seed from an already generated world.

The reason why is that, frankly, I found a fairly pristine area to start off in and build a gargantuan fortress. The problem is that I've heard various things about updates to map generation and whatnot, and I'd like to figure out the seed for this world I have, Bokstrasp, so I can regenerate it with major version changes if there are any, you know... Fixes for bugs I may not have known exist in my area... Say, fixes for gem cluster generation... Magma vent things... What have you...

So, I have a challenge for all you brainy-smarties out there (or people who know how these things work)... Can you find the seed that generated a world? I'll send the world to anyone who thinks they can. Or who just wants to see it. I have it all zipped up with an enclosed image to denote a pristine area. The area I'm using.

No clue if you actually can find a seed from an already generated world, but it would be nice to have...

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Oh, and the only reason I haven't provided the file right off the bat is mainly because I have nowhere to host it.
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[ November 29, 2007: Message edited by: Zombie ]

[palin88]

Fastest way to grab a seed is to go into the esc menu while playing and generate a screenshot. A text file will be outputted at the same time with your world info (including seed.)

[Zombie]

Awesomeness. Thanks a bunch.   I should see if people want it on the wiki. I think it's a pretty sweet place...

[Mzbundifund]

There should also be a .txt file called "world_gen_param-region#.txt" in your main dwarf fortress folder, if you don't feel like booting the game up.